Asok Chattopadhyay is a renowned poet from Kolkata. A post-graduate and PhD from Calcutta University, Chattopadhyay has been a researcher on the social history of nineteenth-century Bengal. Some of his notable works are: "Unish Sataker Samajik Andolan", "Kangal Harinath and Grambartaprokashika", "Samajik Andolon O Buddhijibi", "Saroj Dutta Samar Sen E Brotoyatrary", "Hintuvawadi Shyamaprosad Prosange", etc. He has been editing "Sanskritik Sama Samay", a Bengali social and literary quarterly for over three decades.